HSK 2 · Chapter 10 · 222 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/inside-grandpas-room

爷爷的房间

Inside Grandpa’s room

Name: ________________ Date: ________

爷爷yéye的de房间fángjiān里，有yǒu一个yígè小xiǎo床chuáng。小xiǎo床chuáng上shàng有yǒu一yì只zhī小小xiáoxiǎo的de白bái猫māo，正在zhèngzài用yòng妞妞niūniū的de红hóng杯子bēizi喝hē牛奶niúnǎi。

爸爸bàba、妈妈māma、爷爷yéye，还有háiyǒu大伟dàwěi，一起yìqǐ说shuō：“妞妞niūniū，生日快乐shēngrì-kuàilè！”

妞妞niūniū看kàn着zhe他们tāmen：“今天jīntiān是shì我wǒ的de生日shēngrì？”

爸爸bàba说shuō：“对duì！今天jīntiān，你nǐ八bā岁suì了le！”

他们tāmen都dōu笑xiào了le。小xiǎo侦探zhēntàn什么shénme都dōu知道zhīdào，就jiù忘wàng了le今天jīntiān是shì她tā的de生日shēngrì。

爷爷yéye说shuō：“这zhè个gè星期xīngqī，小猫xiǎomāo住zhù在zài我wǒ的de房间fángjiān里。它tā吃chī了le你nǐ爸爸bàba的de饺子jiǎozi，玩wán了le我wǒ的de眼镜yǎnjìng，还hái吃chī了le咪咪mīmī的de鱼yú。”

大伟dàwěi说shuō：“我家wǒjiā白bái猫māo的de孩子háizi，现在xiànzài是shì你nǐ的de了le！”

咪咪mīmī也yě走zǒu了le进来jìnlai，看kàn了le一会儿yíhuìr，就jiù在zài小xiǎo床chuáng旁边pángbiān睡shuì下xià了le。

爸爸bàba说shuō：“小猫xiǎomāo还hái没有méiyǒu名字míngzi。妞妞niūniū，你nǐ说shuō叫jiào什么shénme？”

妞妞niūniū打开dǎkāi本子běnzi。第一dìyī页yè上shàng写xiě着zhe：谁shéi吃chī了le爸爸bàba的de饺子jiǎozi？

她tā笑xiào了le。她tā写下xiěxià两liǎng个gè字zì：饺子jiǎozi。

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In Grandpa’s room there was a little bed. In the little bed was a tiny white kitten, drinking milk from Niuniu’s red cup.

Dad, Mum, Grandpa, and Dawei too, all said together: “Happy birthday, Niuniu!”

Niuniu looked at them: “Today is my birthday?”

Dad said, “Yes! Today, you’re eight!”

They all laughed. The little detective knew everything, but she forgot that today was her birthday.

Grandpa said, “All week, the kitten has been living in my room. It ate your dad’s dumplings, played with my glasses, and ate Mimi’s fish.”

Dawei said, “My white cat’s baby is yours now!”

Mimi walked in too, watched for a while, and lay down to sleep beside the little bed.

Dad said, “The kitten doesn’t have a name yet. Niuniu, what shall we call it?”

Niuniu opened her notebook. On the first page it said: Who ate Dad’s dumplings?

She smiled. She wrote down two characters: Jiaozi.